and glens of the Highlands, 424.-Some plain treatise on agricul-
ture should be circulated among the farmers of Scotland, 435.-
Studied as a science in many parts of the country, 458.-State of
agriculture in the Shetland islands, 529.-See also many particu-
lar articles.

Aichil hills, 10, 25, 37, 176, 252.-Etymology of their name, 179.-
Their general economy a few years ago, 180.-improved system,
181.-State of society in, 182.

Album, or white book, at the inn at Lawrence Kirk, 305.

Alexander the Great, vast quantity of silver and gold possessed by
him, 30.

Alfred, the first who forbade parents in England to sell their chil-
dren, 41.

Alga marina, sea-weed, or dilce; the practice of cutting it away for
the making of kelp, probably repels the herrings from the shores,
91. The farmers obliged to pay for the privilege of collecting it,
in Bamffshire, 351.

Allison, Rev. Mr. minister of St. Andrews and Deerness in the Ork-
neys, 516, 517.

Alloa, 28.--Alloa-House, ib. 23.-vast variety of gold and silver
plate at, 30.

Anabaptist lady baptized in warm water, and violent dispute arising
thence, 13.

Angels ridiculously represented spouting water from their mouths, 3.
Anstruther, western and eastern, 84.-The late sir John, 70.—his
ingenious improvements in agriculture, ib.-excites a general spi-
rit of industry in his neighbourhood, 80.

Antiquity, remains of, in the Shetland islands, 537 to 540.
Apothecary of Aberdeen, anecdote of, 314.

Apparition, marvellous story respecting one, 27.-See also the article.
Ghosts.

Aquatic plants feed more by the branches than is generally ima-
gined; instance, 330.

Aqueducts in the course of the canal from the Forth to the Clyde, 5,
6.-Those of the ancients proceeded from imperfect principles,
39, 40.

Archery, exercises of, established in the university of St. Andrews,

121.

Ardoch, Roman camp at, 18.

Argyle, duke of, his seat at Inverary, 554.

Arnott, Rev. Dr. minister of King's Barns, professor of divinity in
the university of St. Andrews, 149.-A pluralist, contrary to
the spirit of presbyterianism, ib.

Arrow-head, flint, found by the author, 452.

Arts, the progress of, in the Highlands, was very slow till within the
last sixty years, 439.

Ass, a remarkably old one, curious anecdote respecting, 450.
Athol Highlander, ferocious conduct of one, 267.

Auchtertire, 240.

Auctioneer, immodest and immoral expressions used by one in Elgin,

458.

Auld Reikie, a nickname of Edinburgh, 620 note.

Auldeam, parish of; battle fought at, 461.

Aurora borealis, its frequency and brilliancy in the Shetland islands,

524.

Avon, river, accidents on, 382.-Crossed by the country-people on
stilts, 383.

B.

B-, Mr. an apothecary of Aberdeen, anecdote respecting, 314.
B-n, Mr. anecdote of, 620.

B―r, Mr. a singular adventure of his, which terminated in matri-
mony, 25.

Bachelors, old, 251.

Bacon, lord, 319.-Baconian philosophy adopted in the university
of St. Andrews, 126.

Badenoch, 391, 452.

Balcarras, 64.-Earl of, his seat near Kilconquhar, 79.—grand
prospect from, ib.

Bull, description of some singular characters at one, 360 to 364.-
Interesting anecdote of an occurrence at one in Glasgow, 565, 566,
Ballindalloch, the seat of general Grant, 382.

Balthaik, 213.

Balveny Castle, a seat of the earl of Fife, 342.
Bambriech, castle of, 216.

Bamff, route from Aberdeen to, 324, 331.-Its foreign trade, manu-
factures, situation, and harbour, 335.-Route to Fochabers from,
349.-Improvements lately introduced into Bamffshire, 336 to

345.

Bancho, predecessor of the race of Stuarts, 22.

Bannockburn, and singular remains lately discovered there, 9, 18.
Baptism of an anabaptist lady in warm water, and violent dispute ari-
sing thence, 13.-Two curious instances of the administration of,
426, 427; another, 429.-Custom in the Highlands of making a
feast when a child is baptized, 430.-singular incident on an oc-
casion of this sort, 431.

Barclay, Mr. of Urie, 309.—Mr. John, founder of the religious sect
.of the Bereans, 217.

Bark of the elder might be made very serviceable in dying, 401.
Barra, island of, one of the Hebrides; its size, and state of religion
in, 543.-Great quantity of shell-fish; employment of collecting
and burning sea-weed; manners of the inhabitants, 544.
Barrenness, instance of an alleged cure of, by a charm, 438.
Bass, the rock, 83.

Bayonets, sent for the use of the loyal inhabitants of Aberdeen in the
rebellion of 1745, moved by an old magistrate to be thrown into
the sea as outlandish and dangerous weapons, 313.
Beattie, professor James, of the university of Aberdeen, 316.
Bees, particulars in the habits of, 583.

Beggars, few in the Highlands, 417.-Fewer proportionally in Edin
burgh than in London, 596.-Anecdote of an extraordinary one
at Leith, 618.

Belrinnis, a high mountain on the banks of the Spey, 374, 376, 417.
-Grand view from, 378.-Muirburn on, 380, 381.

Pencleugh, the highest of the Aichil hills, 179.

Ben Lomond, 10, 557, 558.

Ben y Choin, 240.

Bereans, doctrines of the religious sect of, 217, 218.-Anecdote of

those of Crieff, 219.

Berrydale Castle, 495.

Beton, Mr. of Balfour, 71.

Birds, several kinds of, though good for food, rejected in the High-
lands, 72.-Sagacity of, 397.

Birds-yards, a seat near Forres; story of a late proprietor of, 460.
Birks of Invernay, 247.

Bisset, Rev. Dr. Thomas, his reply to an officious female missionary,
14.-Remarkable effect produced by one of his sermons, ib.
Black Watch, establishment and purpose of, 479 note.

Blantyre, ruins of the castle of, 571.

Blazing of salmon, a shameful and destructive amusement; descrip-
tion of, 423.

Bleeding of cattle for the sake of the blood; former practice of, in
the Highlands, 425.

Boatman, the; song of, and on what occasion composed, 103.
Boerhaave, 318.

Bogie, river, 368.

Boring of cannons, understood in the East as well as in Scotland, 3.
Botanical garden at Edinburgh, 580.

Bothwell Bridge and Castle, 570.

Boyne, the, an old castle, 349.

Brandy Nan, an invalid visitor at Pitkethley wells, 248.

Brechin, round tower at, and castle, 302.

Bressay Sound, the principal harbour of the Shetland isles, 521, 537.
Briars and thorns, their use, 24.

Britons, state of, under the Roman government, 7.

Broaches or buckles, worn by way of charms in the interior parts of
Scotland, 415.

Brothers, different destiny of two, 290.

Brown, professor, of the university of St. Andrews, 604.

Bruce, David, account of his assembling the vast army with which he
invaded England, 255.

Bruce, Robert, 372.-How his remains were disposed of, 51.—
Froissart's account on that subject, 52 note.

Bruce, Mr. clergyman at Aberbrothic, in danger from a shot fired
by Paul Jones into that town, 281.

Bruce's house, 7.-His Travels considered, ib.

Buchan, coast of; little quantity of wood along, and cause of this, 329.
late carl of, resided at St. Andrews for the education of
his family, 126.

Buchanan, his delineation of Scotland, 331.

Buckhaven, originally peopled by a colony of fishers from Denmark,
57.-Manners of the present inhabitants, 58.-with respect to
religion, 59.-Singular adventure here, 61.

Ballers, of Buchan, 326.

Bundling, former custom of, in Scotland, 441.

Buonaparte; his destruction predicted from the Book of Revelations,
by an insane methodist, 222.

Burghers and Anti-Burghers, two sects of Seceders, 206.

Burial, difference between the Scotch and English modes of, 602.
Burleigh Castle, 194.-Burleigh's Hole, a remarkable tree so called,
ib.

Burnt Island, 56.

Butter, used for producing a pure. flame in the kitchen-fire, in some
great houses in the north of Scotland, 404.

C.

C-1, Mr. J. of Stirling, sends his dues to the clergyman by the
hands of the hangman, 16.

Cairns, or immense sepulchral heaps of stones, in Scotland, and their
purpose, 413, 414.

Caithness, county of, capable of great improvement, 495.-Scarcity
of wood in, 496.-Small stature of the common people, ib. 497.
-their diet, 497.--The soil might be much amended by draining,
498.-Peculiar cast of countenance of the inhabitants, 499.-
Sea-coast of, ib.

Caldron Linn, a vast fall of the river Devon, 191, 192,
"Caledonia, situation of the ancient, 18.

Caledonian Canal; its course described, and proposed advantages
considered, 471 to 475. Docks, &c. of, 480.-Number of men
employed in the works, 485.-Roads of communication, ib.
Cambuskenneth, 21.

Camelon, village of, once a Roman town, 6, 18.

Campbell, Mr. his singular cure for a cold, 416.

Canal from the Forth to the Clyde, 5.

Candlesticks, bet respecting those used in many parts of the High-
lands, 440.

Cape Wrath, route from Dornoch to, 495.-Dreary road from Thurso
to, 501.-Account of, 502 to 504.

Captain, story of one hastily and unexpectedly married, 583, 584.
Caput mortuum (in agriculture), improvement suggested in the pre-
'sent practice respecting, 401.

Carnegie, Sir David and Lady, 308.

Carriage, an elegant and convenient one described, 195.—Anecdote
of one driven by the wind into the sea, and dashed to pieces
among rocks, 327.

Carron work, 3.

Carse of Gowrie, 271.-Fertility of the land of, 177.

Cascades, tremendous, on the Clyde, 573.

Castle Grant, 386.-Old floor at, made solely by the axe, 440.
Castles, ruined; great number of, in Scotland, and cause of this,
216.

Castor oil used for dressing salads, anecdote respecting, 462.

Cat, instance of one leaping upon the back of a salmon in the water,
372.-Anecdotes of the sagacity of two, 394, 601.—Custom of
buying cats' heads, 468.-Barbarous and cruel amusement of cat-
races, as practised at St. Andrews, 165.

Cataracts on the river Devon, 191, 193.

Cattle, often reduced to great distress for want of provisions in the
Highlands, and hardiness of those kept there, 391, 507.-Former

practice in the Highlands, of bleeding cattle for the sake of the
blood, 425.-Cattle of the Shetland isles, 531,-Cruel method of
conveying cattle and sheep across ferries, in the northern and
western isles, 545.

Celts, their origin the same as that of the Goths, but the characters of
the two nations ultimately became very different, 34.

Chalmers, the late Dr. J. hn, his character, 73, 74.-His intellectual
system, 76, 77.-Valuable manuscript left by him, 78,

Character of the Scotch, more haughty and more abject than the
English, 507.

Charles II. visits the town of Pittenweem, 80 to 82.

Charms, belief in the virtue of, exists in the interior parts of Scot-
land, 414, 415.

Charter, curious, to the estate of Hopetown House, 2.-Of the city
of St. Andrews, 164.

Chatelherault, a building belonging to the Duke of Hamilton, 572,
Cheese, singular instance of antipathy to, 11.

Chevalier de St. George, $3.

Chieftains in the Highlands now for the most part despised, and cause
of this, 507.

Children. See the article Parents.

Chronicles of Cant, or Memorabilia of Perth, 266.

Chrystal stone, beautiful specimens of, in the county of Bamff, 354.
Church; inadequate construction of a new one, at Cupar of Fife,
170.-One attempted and imagined to be moved more toward the
centre of the church-yard, 295.-House at Aberdeen used both as
a church and as a playhouse, 312.-Disgusting state of the interior
of churches in some parts of Scotland, 428, 429.-A man stoned
by the people for attempting to pull one down, 455.-Churches in
the Orkneys often made the repositories of smuggled goods, 517.
Church-yards, difference between the modes of interment, &c. in
Scotch and English, 602..

Cicero, statue of, at Oxford, 43.

Cinnamon much used in many parts of the Highlands as excellent for
health, 508.

Cities, project of Fletcher of Saltoun respecting, 19.

Civilization; advanced state of, in Scotland, in the early part of the
fourteenth century, 31.

Clackmannan, carse of, 23.-Castle of, and fine view from it, 29.-
Sepulchral monuments here; and shocking instance of cruelty re-
corded by one, 42.-County of, 177, 178, 216.—the roads in
this county good and level, 44.

Clanship, pride of, still retained in one part of Scotland; instances,
488, 489.

Clergymen, instances of two in the same parish successively deprived
of their living for being too familiar with their maid--ervants, 44.
--Anecdote of one near Montrose made drunk by one of his pa-
rishioners for a wager, 294.-The clergy in the Highlands ex-
tremely useful, not only in a religious, but also in a civil point of
view, 413, 444.-General remissness of the established clergy, 466.

Many clergymen lately appointed to livings on other accounts
than those of the appropriate qualifications; some instances of